Debris Accumulation

Overview Please read the following guidelines that control the accumulation of garbage and trash on both residential and commercial properties in Temple Terrace. These rules are necessary to keep our city safe and clean for all residents. If you have any questions, contact the Code Compliance Department at (813) 506-6680.

Violation City ordinances prohibit the accumulation of garbage, trash, yard waste, and other debris on residential and commercial property.

Corrective ActionClean area and restore to sanitary, uncluttered condition and properly dispose of offensive and derelict materials.

City Code DefinitionsSolid Waste: Any and all animal, fruit and vegetable refuse matter whether cooked or raw or other material from which any animal, fruit or vegetable matter has been removed which might become sour, spoiled, rotten or putrid and from which obnoxious odors are liable to be emitted or to which flies, other insects, or rodents are liable to be attracted, as well as any other items not as bio-hazardous / medical waste, hazardous water, building / construction materials or recyclables.

City Code ReferencesSection 11.120.9: Duty to Keep Premises Clean

It shall be unlawful for the occupant, or if there be no occupant, then the owner of any house, yard, store or lot of land to refuse to keep the same clean, or to permit any trash, weeds or any offensive matter of any kind to accumulate in or upon such premises.

Section 11.120.10: Occupants and Owners of Abutting Property to Keep Rights of Way Clean & Sanitary

All tenants or occupants of any real property abutting upon any street in the city, or if no tenant or occupant, then the owner thereof, shall be required to keep that part of the street between such property lines and the curb lines including the gutter of the street on which such property abuts, in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.

(b) Unauthorized accumulation: Any unauthorized accumulation of solid waste / trash / refuse on any premises is hereby declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited. Failure to remove any accumulation of refuse shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.

(c) Scattering of solid waste / trash / refuse: No person shall cast, place, sweep or deposit anywhere within the city any solid waste/trash/refuse in such a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway or other public place, or into any occupied premises within the city.